Sandelands' is a wonderfully creative and challenging thesis, virtually a prolegomenon for new forms of inquiry into organized social life. The rich and sensitive blending of social science, philosophy, history and art places it in a class of its own, and will give rebirth to intuition and the senses in understanding our lives together.
Kenneth J. Gergen, Swarthmore College; ... Read moreauthor of The Saturated Self Sandelands' writing is lively, his observation of social relations is sympathetic, and his pursuit of understanding is infectious. Students will be drawn not just to the ideas of sociology and anthropology, but to a sense of why these fields matter.
Craig Calhoun, University Professor of Social Sciences, Arizona State University Marvelously argued, this book presents a fundamental challenge to much of contemporary social science.
Mayer N. Zald, University of Michigan Show Less